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Sea Urchins (Echinodermata: Echinoidea): Their Biology, Culture and Bioactive Compounds International Conference on Agricultural, Ecological and Medical Sciences (AEMS-2014) July 3-4, 2014 London (United Kingdom) Sea Urchins (Echinodermata: Echinoidea): Their Biology, Culture and Bioactive Compounds M. Aminur Rahman*, A. Arshad, and Fatimah Md. Yusoff fishery is closely connected to that of the fisheries, whose fortune Abstract—The gonads of both male and female sea urchins, will eventually depend upon the stock enhancement, culture commonly known as "Sea urchin Roe”, are culinary delicacies in improvement, quality roe production and market forces that will many parts of the world. The roe of sea urchins is considered as a shape this rising industry in a very worthwhile and significant prized delicacy in Asian, Mediterranean and Western Hemisphere manner. countries and have long been using as luxury foods in Japan. Japanese demand for sea urchins raised concerns about overfishing, Keywords—Sea urchin, Biology, Aquaculture, Enhancement, thus making it one of the most valuable sea foods in the world. The Roe, Bioactive compounds. population of the Asian Pacific Region has been using it for long time as a remedy for improving general living tone and treatment for I. INTRODUCTION a number of diseases. Sea urchin gonads are also rich in valuable EA urchins are classic objects of research in different bioactive compounds, such as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) S fields of biology, ecology, biodiversity and evolution. At and β-carotene. PUFAs, especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, the same time, they are used as raw material to produce C20:5) (n-3)) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA C22:6 (n-3)), have foodstuff, in particular, the product of processing gonads significant preventive effects on arrhythmia, cardiovascular diseases known as "Sea urchin Roe" [1−3]. The roe of sea urchins is and cancer. β-Carotene and some xanthophylls have strong pro- vitamin A activity and can be used to prevent tumor development considered to be a prized delicacy due to its tasty qualities in and light sensitivity. Sea urchin fisheries have expanded so greatly Asian and Mediterranean countries, and also in Western in recent years that the natural population of sea urchins in Japan, Hemisphere countries such as Barbados and Chile [1, 4−6]. France, Chile, the northeastern United States, the Canadian The gonads of sea urchins either fresh or in the form of Maritime Provinces, and the west coast of North America from processed food have long been using as luxury foods in Japan California to British Colombia have been overfished to meet the [7]. Sea urchin is usually known as “uni” in Japan and its roe great demand. Not surprisingly, the decrease in supply and the can retail for as much as AU$450/kg [8]. It is served raw as continued strong demand have led to a great increase in interest in sashimi or in sushi, with soy sauce and wasabi. Japan imports aquaculture of sea urchins. Most, if not all, sea urchin fisheries have large quantities from the United States, South Korea and followed the same pattern of rapid expansion to an unsustainable peak, followed by an equally rapid decline. World landings of sea other producers. Japanese demand for sea urchin has raised urchin, having peaks at 120,000 mt in 1995, are now in the state of concerns about overfishing, thus making it one of the most about 82,000 mt. However, over half this catch comes from the valuable sea foods in the world [9]. The population of the recently expanded Chilean fishery for Loxechinus albus. In Europe, Asian Pacific Region has also been using it for long time as a the sea urchin stocks (Paracentrotus lividus) of first France and then remedy for improving general living tone, treatment for a Ireland were overfished in the 1980s to supply the French markets. number of diseases and strengthening of the sexual potency of These decreasing patterns clearly reflect the overexploitation of men, especially the middle aged [5, 10]. Sea urchin fisheries most fishery grounds and highlight the need for conservation have expanded so greatly in recent years that the natural policies, fishery management and aquaculture development. When population of sea urchins in Japan, France, Chile, the the wild stocks decline, high market demand for food, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals, raises the price of the product and, as a result, northeastern United States, the Canadian maritime provinces, culturing is most likely to become commercially viable. As this and the west coast of North America from California to review shows, there have been dramatic advances in the culture British Colombia have been overfished to meet the great methods of sea urchins in the last 15–20 years; we can conclude that demand [11−15]. Not surprisingly, the decrease in supply and currently the major obstacles to successful cultivation are indeed the continued strong demand have led to a great increase in managerial, cultural, conservational and financial rather than interest in aquaculture of sea urchins, particularly, in those biological and ecological. Therefore, the fate of the sea urchin areas where their populations have been depleted [4]. The sea urchin gonads that are of commercial importance can be M. Aminur Rahman*, Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of obtained from a number of genera: Centrostephanus, Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Diadema, Arbacia, Echinus, Loxechinus, Paracentrotus, Malaysia. A. Arshad, and Fatimah Md. Yusoff are with Laboratory of Marine Psammechinus, Anthocidaris, Colobocentrotus, Biotechnology, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Echinometra, Evechinus, Heliocidaris, Hemicentrotus, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia and Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Strongylocentrotus, Lytechinus, Pseudoboletia, Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Pseudocentrotus, Toxopneustes, and Tripneustes [16−19]. *Corresponding author's E-mail: [email protected] Most, if not all, sea urchin fisheries have followed the same http://dx.doi.org/10.15242/IICBE.C714075 39 International Conference on Agricultural, Ecological and Medical Sciences (AEMS-2014) July 3-4, 2014 London (United Kingdom) pattern of rapid expansion to an unsustainable peak, followed substrates and is found at depths of 2 to 30 meters [19]. They by an equally rapid decline. World landings of sea urchin graze near the substrate, and their diet comprises algae, (Fig. 1), having peaks at 120,000 mt in 1995, are now in the periphyton, and sea grass. Growth is rapid and longevity low. state of about 82,000 mt with an alarming decreasing rate of A maximum size of 160 mm TD (test diameter) is reported, 32% [20, 21]. Nevertheless, over half amounts of this catch which corresponds to an age of four to five years. Individuals comes from the recently expanded sea urchin (Loxechinus can reach 75 mm TD in the first year. Tripneustes gratilla albus) fishery from Chile [22]. The other major sea urchin has an annual reproductive cycle mediated by seawater temperature, day length and feeding activity. Spawning fisheries, in terms of tonnage landed, are in Japan, Maine occurs during mid and later winter, when temperatures and (USA), British Colombia (Canada) and California (USA) day lengths are the lowest. [23]. In Europe, the sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) fishery of France and Ireland were overfished to supply the French Kina (Evechinus chloroticus) markets [24]. There are large populations of edible urchins in Kina is endemic to New Zealand where its distribution is Scotland (Echinus esculentus and Psammechinus miliaris) strongly associated with kelp beds with individuals occurring and Norway (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis), but these either within beds or aggregating in adjacent barrens. Kina is stocks are not suitable to commercial fishing as their roe usually found from the intertidal zone to 14 m but have been content is either very low or too variable [22, 25−27]. recorded from 60 m. It has a moderate growth rate with However the continuous decreasing patterns clearly reflect the individuals reaching 50 mm TD at 4 years of age. The overexploitation of most fishery grounds and highlight the maximum size of 80 to 100 mm TD is attained in 8 to 9 need for appropriate conservation strategies, fishery years. The mean longevity of individuals varies between sites management policies and aquaculture development but is between 10 to 20 years [28]. Kina attains sexual maturity at 40 to 50 mm TD (3 to 4 years of age) and initiatives. spawning occurs in spring. Purple sea urchin (Heliocidaris erythrogramma) This sea urchin is distributed in the shallow coastal waters (intertidal to 35 m) of southern Australia. In Tasmania, it is common in kelp communities and in barrens, where it feeds by grazing and capturing drift weeds. On the Australian mainland, it can occur in high densities in association with sea grass beds [29]. Growth rates vary depending on nutrition but are generally moderate with individuals attaining 40 mm TD at one year and harvestable sizes (60 mm TD) at 3 to 5 years. Invalidated aging suggests that individuals can live for over 10 years and maximum sizes of 122 mm TD have been observed [30]. Sexual maturity is reached at 40–50 mm TD Fig. 1. Global sea urchin fisheries from 1950 to 2008 by fishing and 5 to 6 years of age [31]. Spawning occurs from summer [20]. to autumn with the best roe recoveries (10–14%) in August to December. II. SEA URCHIN BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY The major sea urchin producing areas of the world are Erizo (Loxechinus albus) associated with major sites of primary productivity. In the The erizo or Chilean Red Sea Urchin, Loxechinus albus, is temperate regions, these are usually associated with kelp a relatively slow-growing urchin found along the Pacific coast forests and in the subtropical and tropical regions, with sea of South America from Isla Lobos de Afuera in Peru to the grass beds. Given the similar habitat types, the various Southern tip of South America at depths ranging from species of edible sea urchins share some similarities in intertidal to as deep as 340 m.
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